Instagram recently announced changes to their API platform with some features being disabled immediately and others removed in the near future.

Let’s review the changes and what they mean for your campaigns running on Votigo –

The following capabilities will be disabled immediately (previously set for July 31, 2018 or December 11, 2018 deprecation):

• Follower List – to read the list of followers and followed-by users
• Relationships – to follow and unfollow accounts on a user’s behalf
• Commenting on Public Content – to post and delete comments on a user’s behalf on public media
• Likes – to like and unlike media on a user’s behalf
• Subscriptions – to receive notifications when media is posted
• Users Information – to search for and view users’ public content
• Some information on Public Content returned through hashtag and location search – Name, Bio, Comments, Commenters, Follower Count, Following Count, Post Count, and Profile Picture

The following will be deprecated according to the timeline in the near future:

• Public Content – all remaining capabilities to read public media on a user’s behalf on December 11, 2018
• Basic – to read a user’s own profile info and media in early 2020

The only impact this will have on your Votigo campaigns is the ability to require that a user is following the brand in order to submit and entry via hashtag.  Unfortunately we can no longer access their follow list.

You will still be able to create an Instagram photo or video contest within the Votigo platform.  All public posts containing your promotion specific hashtag will be pulled into our system.

If you have additional questions, please contact us at support@votigo.com